| TO: | Honorable Sid Miller, Chair, House Committee on Homeland Security & Public Safety |
| FROM: | John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
| IN RE: | SB9 by Williams (Relating to homeland security; providing penalties.), As Engrossed |
| Fiscal Year | Probable Net Positive/(Negative) Impact to General Revenue Related Funds |
|---|---|
| 2012 | $18,287,000 |
| 2013 | $18,742,000 |
| 2014 | $19,196,000 |
| 2015 | $19,650,000 |
| 2016 | $20,105,000 |
| Fiscal Year | Probable (Cost) from State Highway Fund 6 |
Probable Revenue Gain from New General Revenue Dedicated - Driver's License System Improvement Account |
Probable Revenue Gain from Texas Mobility Fund 365 |
Probable Revenue Gain from General Revenue Fund 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | ($1,809,727) | $67,996,011 | $0 | $18,287,000 |
| 2013 | ($929,398) | $67,996,011 | $1,432,595 | $18,742,000 |
| 2014 | ($877,398) | $67,996,011 | $1,461,247 | $19,196,000 |
| 2015 | ($907,514) | $67,996,011 | $1,490,467 | $19,650,000 |
| 2016 | ($877,398) | $67,996,011 | $1,520,278 | $20,105,000 |
| Fiscal Year | Change in Number of State Employees from FY 2011 |
|---|---|
| 2012 | 15.0 |
| 2013 | 15.0 |
| 2014 | 15.0 |
| 2015 | 15.0 |
| 2016 | 15.0 |
The bill would amend the Code of Criminal Procedure to require a law enforcement agency with custody of a person to verify the immigration status of persons by use of the federal Secure Communities program and notify United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement if the person’s immigration status cannot be verified.
The bill would amend the Code of Criminal Procedure, Government Code, Transportation Code, and Penal Code as they relate to penalties for engaging in organized criminal activity, and directing activities of criminal street gangs.
The bill would amend the Penal Code to create the offense of possession, manufacture, transportation, repair, or sale of a tire deflation device. Under the provisions of the bill, intentionally or knowingly possessing, manufacturing, transporting, repairing or selling a tire deflation device would be punishable as a state jail felony.
The bill would amend the Transportation Code to establish expiration dates for driver's licenses issued to people who are not citizens, nationals, or legal permanent residents of the United States or a refugee or asylee lawfully admitted into the United States. The bill also would establish fee amounts for various issuances of the license or personal identification certificate issued to applicants who are not citizens of the United States.
The bill would amend Section 10, Article 4413(37), Revised Statutes, to require an insurer to pay a fee of $2, rather than $1, multiplied by the total number of motor vehicle years of insurance for policies delivered, issued, or renewed. The bill would authorize fifty percent of each fee to be appropriated only to the Automobile Burglary and Theft Prevention Authority.
The bill would take effect September 1, 2011.
Expanding the list of behaviors for which a penalty is applied for any criminal offense or increasing the penalty for any criminal offense is expected to result in increased demands upon the correctional resources of counties or of the State due to longer terms of probation, or longer terms of confinement in county jail, state jail or prison. In the case of the bill, the impact on correctional populations would depend on how many persons would be prosecuted under the provisions of the bill, and the extent to which punishment would be enhanced under the proposed statute compared to existing statute. For this analysis it is assumed the number of offenders convicted under this statute would not result in a significant impact on the programs and workload of state corrections agencies or on the demand for resources and services of those agencies.
The Comptroller of Public Accounts (CPA) indicates the revenue implications from the Driver's License System Improvement Fees, Record Request Standardization Fees, and the Driver's License Reinstatement or Reissuance Standardization Fees cannot be determined. However, the Department of Public Safety estimates the various fees would generate $67,996,011 towards the Driver's License System Improvement Account each fiscal year. The bill indicates funds in the Driver's License System Improvement Account may only be appropriated for the purposes of maintaining and improving the driver's license system.
The provisions of the bill related to expiration dates and fee amounts for driver's licenses or personal identification certificates issued to applicants who are not citizens of the United States would result in a revenue gain to the Texas Mobility Fund. The CPA indicates the impact on revenue cannot be determined, but DPS estimates a gain to the Texas Mobility Fund of $1,432,595 in fiscal year (FY) 2013, $1,461,247 in FY 2014, $1,490,467 in FY 2014, and $1,520,278 in FY 2015.
DPS indicates the Crime Records Section (CRS) of DPS where fugitive information is maintained does not have capability for facial verification, but they would be able to verify applicants are not fugitives by checking both thumbprints and all fingerprints. Currently, only thumbprints are used to verify other information regarding applicants for the applicable documents and would not be sufficient to check against CRS records. This would require DPS to obtain programming and equipment to obtain full sets of fingerprints from all applicants and allow the CRS to interface with the Driver License System. Additionally, DPS will require an additional 15 Fingerprint Technician IIIs to analyze and process the additional submitted fingerprints to comply with the provisions of the bill. This analysis assumes all other provisions of the bill affecting DPS could be implemented within existing resources.
Article 4 of the bill would generate $37,029,000 in General Revenue Related Funds during the 2012-13 biennium. Under current law the Automobile Burglary and Theft Prevention Authority fee is paid by insurers at the rate of $1 per motor vehicle year of insurance. Based on information from CPA it is assumed that an increase in the fee to $2 would have no effect on the number of motor vehicle policies issued, delivered, or renewed. Estimates of revenue generated from the increased fee are based on the CPAs 2012-13 Biennial Revenue Estimate.
DPS estimates technology costs to implement the provisions of the bill related to determining if applicable applicants are fugitives from justice at $843,000 in FY 2012, $52,000 in FY 2013, and $10,600 in FY 2015. These costs include additional programming equipment, and maintenance of additional equipment necessary to capture all the fingerprints of all applicants for the applicable documents and allow the CRS to interface with the Driver License System.
| Source Agencies: | 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 405 Department of Public Safety, 454 Department of Insurance, 696 Department of Criminal Justice
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| LBB Staff: | JOB, KJG, GG, ESi, CH, JJO, MM
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